08-27-2009, 11:26 PM
Quote:Well, well Ruben. Clear and unequivocal: linen thorakes. How intriguing.
The 360s eh? Most "action" was in the unsettled Peloponnese and the north: Chalcidian League / Macedon. That, of course, ignores Thessaly (Alexander), the fomenting hostilities that lead to the Sacred War and Athens' ongoing obsession with Amphipolis (and erstwhile allies becoming estranged): Greece, situation normal.
This anecdote doesn't necessarily date to the 360's, but over half of all Aeneas' historical examples which can be dated securely come from the four decades between 400 and 360, with a large number of those coming from the 360's. I was just drawing on the commentary and introduction of the Loeb Classical translation. Perhaps some more up-to-date discussion of his writing could shed more light on this excerpt.
Ruben
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
